Ex-Microsoft GM Fitzgerald mum on startup

At a downtown Seattle lunch spot this afternoon, I spotted Charles Fitzgerald, the former Microsoft general manager of platform strategy. I approached him and said hello, and tried to get him to talk about what he’s doing nowadays. He acknowledged that he’s working on a startup, but he said it’s in stealth mode, not ready to dislose any details or plans.

Fitzgerald joked, in a semi-serious way, that he didn’t want me following him back to the office (to find out the name of the company). I admit that the thought might have crossed my mind, but he had gotten his food to go and he disappeared out the door before I would have had a chance.